Perhaps the most mainstream film of Jim Jarmusch's career, this rueful road movie sends an aging lothario in search of the ex-girlfriend who may have borne him a son 19 years earlier. Don Johnston (Bill Murray) has always been lucky with women — lots of women — and an entrepreneurial venture involving computers has left him financially set for life. But he's stuck in emotional neutral, living with younger girlfriend Sherry (Julie Delpy) in a handsome house so devoid of warmth and individuality it could be a model home. His neighbor, Winston (Jeffrey Wright), is his best (and probably only) friend, a relationship clearly born of proximity and nurtured by Winston's war...
Released:
2005
Rated:
R
Length:
106 mins